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My little girl has a rare birth defect.

Raychel • Fri, Jun 17 • 28, 👸🏽First time a Mom to a Chd Angel 👼🏾10/10/16-10/27/16

I'm 22 weeks. And my little girl (Loren) was diagnosed with Heterotaxy. Her hb is 96. Her stomach is located on the wrong side. I've had two fetal echocardiogram me so far. Everything is healthy about her besides her heart 😔.. Their are a couple of structural issues with her heart that I'm worried about as well as the Cardiologist and i am considered a high risk pregnancy. I've been going through slight anxiety and depression and it's very stressful. I'm also having problems eating. For the most part I'm not hungry I literally only eat because I'm pregnant and I don't want me not eating to affect Loren. Every case of Heterotaxy is different depending on the structural issues. Loren's heart thank God doesn't have any blockage . When she's born she will have to have at least 3 open heart surgeries by the age of 3 I believe. I will continue to stay positive because she is still growing.